Accounting Firm 'Merger Mania' Comes to Arkansas
Three major mergers involving Arkansas companies over the past year have shuffled this year’s list of largest accounting firms in Arkansas considerably.
View ArticleTension Between Springdale HVAC Companies Heats Up Ahead of Hearing
Paschal Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc. of Springdale is scheduled to argue in Washington County Circuit Court on Monday for a permanent injunction against a new company Paschal accuses of...
View ArticleSmall Business Owners Upbeat About Companies, Look to Expand
Small business owners are upbeat, looking to expand and worrying less about financial concerns like health costs.
View ArticleOzark Natural Foods Tells Tale of Survival
For life after ‘doomsday,’ co-op looks to a new site in downtown Fayetteville.
View ArticleReady for the Minimum Wage Hike? (Trey Cooper Commentary)
Becoming more efficient may be helpful to employers in absorbing the initial shock of the increased minimum wage.
View ArticleSued for Malpractice, Vaughn-Michael Cordes Files for Bankruptcy
A Fayetteville attorney who was involved in an adoption case that resulted in a malpractice lawsuit against him has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy reorganization, listing potentially $1.9 million in...
View ArticleMediPays Rebrands Online Platform for Marijuana Businesses
MediPays of Little Rock has rebrands its full-service online banking platform for marijuana-related businesses with a new name, Abaca.
View ArticleTech Park Shows Off Phase II; Budget Expected in February
WER Architects/Planners unveils architectural renderings for the second phase of the $100 million, six-phase Little Rock Technology Park, which is designed to attract and retain startups and...
View ArticleWinrock Innovation Fund Get $576K from Commerce Department
The U.S. Department of Commerce awards a $576,302 grant to Winrock International's Innovation Fund, or I-Fund, through the Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Strategies program.
View ArticleHoliday Corporate Gifts: The Investment That Keeps on Giving (Kent Middleton...
Do promotional products or swag really work? And how can they be leveraged to our advantage — not just during the holidays, but all year round?
View ArticleCompanies Transform Cultures as They Compete for Staffers
As business owners struggle to fill job openings, they're using their company culture to attract talented candidates.
View ArticleIs Your Company Prepared for Minimum Wage Hike? (Jane Kim Commentary)
Arkansans voted in November to increase the state's minimum hourly wage rate by $2.50 over the next three years. Here's what employers can do to prepare.
View ArticleOzark Foothills Selected for $2.7M Economic Program
The Ozark Foothills region of Sharp, Fulton and Izard Counties has been selected for a multi-state pilot program designed to build up rural economies.
View ArticleChef Todd Gold Still Hungry With Appetite for Instruction
Todd Gold started as a dishwasher at Bruno’s Little Italy in 1988. By 18, he was kitchen manager. After graduating from La Maison Meridian, the Memphis Culinary Academy, in 1993, he was a sous chef and...
View ArticleNorthwest Hills Hosts $7 Million Transaction (Real Deals)
A suburban Chicago company purchased the 35-year-old, 128-unit apartment project from an affiliate of Maxus Properties of North Kansas City, Missouri.
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Notable Deaths in 2018
The notable Arkansans, former and current, who died in 2018 ranged from business owners to newspaper publishers to educators to philanthropists.
View ArticleForming the Coaching Habit in 2019 (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Somewhere between telling your direct reports what to do and taking the action item yourself is the territory of the leader as coach.
View ArticleDave’s Place Marks 25 Years In Heart of Little Rock
Restaurateur David Williams has seen a lot of change in downtown Little Rock since he opened Dave’s Place on Dec. 20, 1993. And yet in the notoriously difficult restaurant business, Dave’s Place has...
View ArticleChristmas 2018 by the Numbers
Holiday figures for the shopping season show slight bumps over last year.
View ArticleDoctors, Lawyers and Lauren James Big Online Draws in 2018
A March 19 follow-up to a Whispers column item about the firing of CARTI’S highest-paid oncologist was the most-read story of the year on ArkansasBusiness.com. The Whisper item itself, which was...
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